Grammar, Syntax and Discourse Flashcards
Declarative Sentence
a statement
Interrogative Sentence
a question
Imperative Sentence
A command
Exclamatory sentence
an exclamation of feeling
Complex Sentence
a sentence constructed out of independent and subordinate clauses
Compound sentence
two independent clauses joined by a conjunction
Suffix
the closing syllable of a word
Prefix
the opening syllable of a word
Single Sentence
a single independent clause
Minor
A grammatically incorrect sentence
Morpheme
the individual elements of a word
Syntactic Parallelism
repetition of the same syntax (rhetoric device)
Discourse
a unit of language longer than a single sentence
Narrative Voice
the perspective of the text
Genre
the type of text
Conventions
the mechanics of the writing
Schema
the expectations of a text
Cohesion
the grammatical and lexical linking of a text
Planned
a prepared text
Rehearsed
a prepared spoken text
Spontaneous
an unprepared text
Viewpoint
the position / attitude of the text
Perspective
the way in which you see something from reading or listening to a text
Register
the level of formality
